Batrakov advances to Final 16 in tennis tourney
After a span of early exits, members of BYU men’s tennis team advanced to higher rounds of the main draw in the All-American Championships than they have in nine years. Georgy Batrakov, a senior from...
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Women’s rugby dominates University of New Mexico
After coming off an 80-3 win last week over Utah State, the BYU women’s rugby team looked for a defensive challenge against the University of New Mexico but did not find it. The Cougars pummeled their...
View ArticleEvery BYU tennis player has a story
The first time Lauren Jones-Spencer, head coach of the women’s tennis team, picked up a tennis racket, she was playing with her mom on a summer evening. The two were hitting tennis balls back and...
View ArticleRugby: A game of learning
Check out our Facebook photo album. Growing up most people viewed rugby as a simply game consisting of kicking, running and tackling. However, players on the BYU women’s rugby team say there is much...
View ArticleWomen’s rugby second string rolls over Weber State
As in times past this season, the BYU women’s rugby team rolled over an in-state opponent by large numbers, even with a majority of its first string cheering from the sideline. The first string...
View ArticleThe trend of home court dominance continues in women’s tennis region...
So far in the tournaments the BYU women’s tennis team has participated in, homecourt advantage has paid off. BYU players owned the BYU Invitational with an all blue semifinals, Cal Berkeley dominated...
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Men’s tennis seeks repeat titles in ITA Mountain Regional Championships
The rise of the Internet has brought more than just world-wide interaction; it has also brought the world together to compete in collegiate tennis throughout the United States. “Before the Internet and...
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For the love of the game
Over the years debates have occurred on whether rugby or football claimed the fame of the most aggressive, physical sport. Some say football because of the harder hits; others say rugby because of no...
View ArticleSmith and Sargeant fall just shy of championship round
Hoping to claim repeat titles in the regional championships, Spencer Smith, paired up with Francis Sargeant, fell shy of that goal in the doubles regional semifinals at the ITA Mountain Region...
View ArticleLast preseason tournament for men’s and women’s tennis
Toward the end of each season, every sports team feels a sense of urgency to perform to the best of its ability and finish strong. This week, the BYU men’s and women’s tennis teams gear up for just...
View ArticleFootball: Rugby 101
For people raised in North America, the sports they think about most revolve around the ones founded here, such as football. Children grow up knowing the rules and how to play. However, to truly know...
View ArticleWomen’s rugby calls it confidence
So far this season the BYU’s women’s rugby team has humiliated every opponent it has faced, only giving away 11 total points. The closest an opponent has come to beating BYU was Weber State, which lost...
View ArticleWomen’s rugby second string set to start against Utah State
As far as they know, players on the BYU women’s rugby team have earned their spot in the Collegiate Women’s Rugby Sweet 16. All the players can do now is wait and prepare to show the nation they belong...
View ArticleSecond string starters come up short against Utah State in women’s rugby
The BYU women’s rugby team suffered from its first loss of the season this past Saturday against Utah State University 10-8. However, considering BYU’s second string went up against USU’s first...
View Article‘Smashes’ or ‘overheads’?
During warmups in the semifinals of the Utah Fall Classic, freshman tennis player Francis Sargeant from Beckenham, United Kingdom, politely asked junior teammate Spencer Smith from Salt Lake City,...
View ArticleWomen’s tennis aims to build off fall season
Despite the long trips, some early frustration and injury, BYU women’s tennis coach Lauren Jones-Spencer considers this fall season a success. One such frustration was losing Callie Craig, a first team...
View ArticleMen’s tennis set to reach higher heights in spring season
Wrapping up the fall season, the men’s tennis team gets set to bring all of its individual energy to the team competition that begins this coming January. And according to coach Brad Pearce, a team...
View ArticleWomen’s rugby remembers good times before last game against Weber State
At various points during the women’s rugby season, coaches have felt it necessary to give inexperienced players from the second team opportunities to play the entire match to help build a deeper team...
View ArticleMen’s rugby opts out of collegiate sevens championships
The men’s and women’s rugby teams at BYU have created a tradition of winning, not just inching along, but winning by large numbers. However, despite the men’s rugby team’s dominance in the Mountain...
View ArticleEven by study and also by faith
As a university, BYU is uniquely known around the world for more than the fact it is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To name a few, 25 percent of the student body...
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